TODAY: HOUSE E&C TAKES ON PUBLIC SAFETY — Get ready: Energy and Commerce’s telecom subcommittee is considering eight bills this morning for a legislative hearing, all dealing one way or another with how to “strengthen communications networks to help Americans in crisis.” The bills aim to help enhance the emergency alert system, ensure wireless network resiliency…
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department switched from the analog system to digital in December, while the Fayetteville Police Department and Petersburg Police Department made the move just weeks ago, said B.J. McCurry, director of the Fayetteville-Lincoln County Emergency Communications Center.
[…] The cost of the new digital system amounted to approximately $270,000 for the E911 Board, which oversees the FLC Emergency Communications Center. Additionally, the Lincoln County Commission … READ MORE
CANANDAIGUA — “Ontario County 911, what is the location of the emergency?”
Ontario County Sheriff Kevin Henderson and Steve DeChick, the county’s chief communications officer, said the answer to that question is a most important piece of the 911/public safety puzzle.
“Without it, no help can be sent,” Henderson said. “However, with a location, even if all other pertinent information is unknown initially… READ MORE
By later this year, emergency calls in a four-town area that includes Foxboro, Mansfield, Norton, and Easton will be heading to one central location, leading to faster and more coordinated response times from police and firefighters.
Work is progressing at a steady pace to open a regional public safety communications center in Foxboro that will be known as Southeastern Massachusetts Regional Emergency Communications Center… READ MORE
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — After the deadliest year of homicides in more than 25 years in St. Paul, police there are changing the way they respond to certain kinds of emergency calls.
The Emergency Communications Center will no longer send officers to low priority incidents. It’s part of an ongoing effort to make sure officers are available to respond to higher priority crimes… READ MORE
CLINTON, Iowa (KWQC) – Two bills making their way through the Iowa state House and Senate would reclassify 911 dispatchers as first responders in Iowa. Federally, 911 emergency dispatchers are classified as clerical workers.
“We are the first line of communication for people experiencing an emergency. We’re providing those first-aid instructions, we’re providing instructions if someone’s house is on fire, we are the critical link to help save lives and help save property,” Eric Dau, Director of the Clinton County 911 Communications Center… READ MORE
